| mwl.4 (193885) | mwl.4 (195618) |
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| 1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\"" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright --- 12 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 21.\" THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, 22.\" OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 23.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 24.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER 25.\" IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 26.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF 27.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 28.\" | 1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\"" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright --- 12 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 21.\" THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, 22.\" OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 23.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 24.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER 25.\" IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 26.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF 27.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 28.\" |
| 29.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/mwl.4 193885 2009-06-10 03:35:40Z sam $ | 29.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/mwl.4 195618 2009-07-11 15:02:45Z rpaulo $ |
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| 31.Dd June 9, 2009 | 31.Dd July 8, 2009 |
| 32.Dt MWL 4 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm mwl 36.Nd "Marvell 88W8363 IEEE 802.11n wireless network driver" 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38To compile this driver into the kernel, 39place the following lines in your --- 19 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 59PCI and/or CardBus interfaces are supported. 60.Pp 61This driver requires the firmware built with the 62.Nm mwlfw 63module to work. 64Normally this module is loaded on demand by the driver but it may 65also be compiled into the kernel. 66.Pp | 32.Dt MWL 4 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm mwl 36.Nd "Marvell 88W8363 IEEE 802.11n wireless network driver" 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38To compile this driver into the kernel, 39place the following lines in your --- 19 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 59PCI and/or CardBus interfaces are supported. 60.Pp 61This driver requires the firmware built with the 62.Nm mwlfw 63module to work. 64Normally this module is loaded on demand by the driver but it may 65also be compiled into the kernel. 66.Pp |
| 67Supported features include 802.11n, power management, BSS, | 67Supported features include 802.11n, power management, BSS, MBSS, |
| 68and host-based access point operation modes. 69All host/device interaction is via DMA. 70.Pp 71The 72.Nm 73driver encapsulates IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames, however 74it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames. 75Devices support 802.11n, 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11b operation with 76transmit speeds appropriate to each. 77The actual transmit speed used is dependent on signal quality and the 78.Dq "rate control" 79algorithm implemented in the firmware. 80All chips have hardware support for WEP, 81AES-CCM, TKIP, and Michael cryptographic operations. 82.Pp 83The driver supports 84.Cm station , 85.Cm hostap , | 68and host-based access point operation modes. 69All host/device interaction is via DMA. 70.Pp 71The 72.Nm 73driver encapsulates IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames, however 74it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames. 75Devices support 802.11n, 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11b operation with 76transmit speeds appropriate to each. 77The actual transmit speed used is dependent on signal quality and the 78.Dq "rate control" 79algorithm implemented in the firmware. 80All chips have hardware support for WEP, 81AES-CCM, TKIP, and Michael cryptographic operations. 82.Pp 83The driver supports 84.Cm station , 85.Cm hostap , |
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| 86and 87.Cm wds 88mode operation. 89Multiple 90.Cm hostap 91virtual interfaces may be configured for simultaneous use. 92When multiple interfaces are configured each may have a separate 93mac address that is formed by setting the U/L bits in the mac --- 40 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 134.Pp 135Create an 802.11g host-based access point: 136.Bd -literal -offset indent 137ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev mwl0 wlanmode hostap 138ifconfig wlan0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \e 139 mode 11g 140.Ed 141.Pp | 87and 88.Cm wds 89mode operation. 90Multiple 91.Cm hostap 92virtual interfaces may be configured for simultaneous use. 93When multiple interfaces are configured each may have a separate 94mac address that is formed by setting the U/L bits in the mac --- 40 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 135.Pp 136Create an 802.11g host-based access point: 137.Bd -literal -offset indent 138ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev mwl0 wlanmode hostap 139ifconfig wlan0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \e 140 mode 11g 141.Ed 142.Pp |
| 143Create an 802.11a mesh station: 144.Bd -literal -offset indent 145ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev mwl0 wlanmode mesh 146ifconfig wlan0 meshid my_mesh mode 11a inet 192.168.0.10/24 147.Ed 148.Pp |
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| 142Create two virtual 802.11a host-based access points, one with 143with WEP enabled and one with no security, and bridge them to 144the fxp0 (wired) device: 145.Bd -literal -offset indent 146ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev mwl0 wlanmode hostap \e 147 ssid paying-customers wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 \e 148 mode 11a up 149ifconfig wlan1 create wlandev mwl0 wlanmode hostap bssid \e --- 39 unchanged lines hidden --- | 149Create two virtual 802.11a host-based access points, one with 150with WEP enabled and one with no security, and bridge them to 151the fxp0 (wired) device: 152.Bd -literal -offset indent 153ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev mwl0 wlanmode hostap \e 154 ssid paying-customers wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 \e 155 mode 11a up 156ifconfig wlan1 create wlandev mwl0 wlanmode hostap bssid \e --- 39 unchanged lines hidden --- |